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Suma: Actors Arashi Kichisaburô III as Kumagai Naozane and Ôtani Tomomatsu I as Mukan no Tayû Atsumori, from the series Matches for the Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Mitate Genji gojûyojô no uchi)


「見立源氏五拾四帖ノ内 須磨」  「熊谷直実 嵐吉三郎」(三代目)、「無官太夫敦盛 大谷友松」(初代)
Enjaku (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.1 x 18.1 cm (9 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43000
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 114; Fiorillo and Luhl, "Enjaku," Andon special issue (2006), list no. 2.07; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 5 (2005), #134
DescriptionPlay: Suma no Miyako Genpei Tsutsuji
Theater: Tenma
須磨都源平躑躅(すまのみやこげんぺいつつじ)
天満
Signed Enjaku
猿雀
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.